NASA NTRS · 19730018603
Aerosol physical properties from satellite horizon inversion
Abstract
The feasibility is investigated of determining the physical properties of aerosols globally in the altitude region of 10 to 100 km from a satellite horizon scanning experiment. The investigation utilizes a horizon inversion technique previously developed and extended. Aerosol physical properties such as number density, size distribution, and the real and imaginary components of the index of refraction are demonstrated to be invertible in the aerosol size ranges (0.01-0.1 microns), (0.1-1.0 microns), (1.0-10 microns). Extensions of previously developed radiative transfer models and recursive inversion algorithms are displayed.
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Gray, C. R., Malchow, H. L., Merritt, D. C., Var, R. E., Whitney, C. K.. 1973-07-01. Aerosol physical properties from satellite horizon inversion. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19730018603
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